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The Gaza ceasefire agreement entered into effect in October 2025. Israel, however, has continued to attack population centers and carry out the systematic destruction of buildings and infrastructure in areas under its control, along with indiscriminately firing at anyone who approaches or crosses the Yellow Line. Meanwhile, the Gaza Strip is still gripped by a major humanitarian crisis due to the restrictions Israel imposes on the entry of aid. Hundreds of civilians have been

Over the past decade, and especially under Israel’s 37th government (its latest), the defining features of a democracy: separation of powers, effective and equal systems of government and law enforcement, a free press and an active civil society, have come under attack and been weakened and undermined. Meanwhile, the government is working to strengthen its own powers and to politicize systems whose independence is essential for good governance, such as the judicial appointmen

In 2026, detention conditions for Palestinians held for alleged security offenses remain extremely harsh. More than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees (administrative detainees and detainees under the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law), are subjected to violence, degradation, overcrowding, starvation, and neglect, including medical neglect. As a result of these incarceration conditions, inmates have been released from custody with irreversible physical injuries,

Jerusalem is home to about one million residents, 40% of whom are Palestinians. About 90% of Jerusalem’s Palestinian residents have permanent residency status (Hebrew) in Israel, and 9% are Israeli citizens. Sixty percent of Jerusalem’s Palestinian residents live below the poverty line (Hebrew), twice the poverty rate among the city’s Jewish population. Despite having permanent residency status, and citizenship in some cases, Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem (the parts

In the 59th year of the occupation, the Israeli government continued to aggressively advance its policy of annexation in the West Bank, in defiance of international law and amid grave, systemic violations of Palestinians’ human rights. Settler violence, which has become unprecedented in its scale and severity, has imposed a reign of terror and fear on Palestinians and forced dozens of communities from their lands, thereby helping to realize the vision of permanent Israeli con

Settlement of Land Title as a tool for dispossession In 2018, the Government of Israel decided to renew Settlement of Land Title (SOLT) proceedings, which had been suspended since 1967. Since then, SOLT has effectively served as an additional tool for dispossessing Palestinian residents of their land and has bolstered settler activity in the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods. In January 2026, the government resolved to expedite the process, setting a four-year deadline to comp

Fewer than 15% of security inmates held in IPS facilities, almost all of whom are Palestinians, are convicted offenders serving a prison sentence. More than half of the 9,384 inmates (according to figures from early May 2026) are being held without trial, charges or a fixed release date, either as administrative detainees or under the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law. Among the inmates are children, patients, women, elderly people and medical staff. For ongoing update

The Knesset passed the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law (Hebrew) on March 30, 2026. The law, which violates the right to life and is directed solely against Palestinians, was vigorously promoted by coalition parties, chiefly Otzma Yehudit, headed by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, as well as by the opposition party Yisrael Beiteinu. The law was passed by a majority of 62 out of 120 Members of Knesset (MKs), with 48 opposing. As soon as the law was enacted, huma

Despite the ceasefire agreement that entered into effect in October 2025, Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have continued, including during the weeks of the war with Iran from late February until early April 2026. According to figures released by the Gaza Ministry of Health, which are backed by names and ID numbers and recognized as reliable by international research bodies and even by the Israeli military, from the start of the ceasefire until April 26, 2026, 811 people wer